100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2738

 

Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-7-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that all of the institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections shall permit every committed person to receive in-person visitors, except in case of abuse of the visiting privilege or when the chief administrative officer determines that such visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the security, safety or morale of the institution or facility. Provides that an institution or facility of the Department may not charge a fee to either a committed person or visitor for video visitation that results in a profit for the Department.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-7-2 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)
7    Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.
8    (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
9provide every committed person with access to toilet
10facilities, barber facilities, bathing facilities at least
11once each week, a library of legal materials and published
12materials including newspapers and magazines approved by the
13Director. A committed person may not receive any materials that
14the Director deems pornographic.
15    (b) (Blank).
16    (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
17provide facilities for every committed person to leave his cell
18for at least one hour each day unless the chief administrative
19officer determines that it would be harmful or dangerous to the
20security or safety of the institution or facility.
21    (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
22provide every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional
23diet at regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing

 

 

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1adequate for the season, bedding, soap and towels and medical
2and dental care.
3    (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
4permit every committed person to send and receive an unlimited
5number of uncensored letters, provided, however, that the
6Director may order that mail be inspected and read for reasons
7of the security, safety or morale of the institution or
8facility.
9    (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the
10Department shall permit every committed person to receive
11in-person visitors, except in case of abuse of the visiting
12privilege or when the chief administrative officer determines
13that such visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
14security, safety or morale of the institution or facility. The
15chief administrative officer shall have the right to restrict
16visitation to non-contact visits for reasons of safety,
17security, and order, including, but not limited to, restricting
18contact visits for committed persons engaged in gang activity.
19No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on
20disciplinary segregation is allowed contact visits. Any
21committed person found in possession of illegal drugs or who
22fails a drug test shall not be permitted contact visits for a
23period of at least 6 months. Any committed person involved in
24gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
25Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a
26period of at least 6 months. The Department shall offer every

 

 

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1visitor appropriate written information concerning HIV and
2AIDS, including information concerning how to contact the
3Illinois Department of Public Health for counseling
4information. The Department shall develop the written
5materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health.
6The Department shall ensure that all such information and
7materials are culturally sensitive and reflect cultural
8diversity as appropriate. Implementation of the changes made to
9this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
10Assembly is subject to appropriation. An institution or
11facility of the Department may not charge a fee to either a
12committed person or visitor for video visitation that results
13in a profit for the Department.
14    (f-5) (Blank).
15    (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
16permit religious ministrations and sacraments to be available
17to every committed person, but attendance at religious services
18shall not be required.
19    (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department
20shall prohibit the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any
21other matter or object that obstructs or otherwise impairs the
22line of vision into a committed person's cell.
23(Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)